Priocera quadrinotata SCHENKLING , 1900

Opitz, Weston, 2021, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Priocera KIRBY (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2), pp. 1145-1255 : 1195

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Priocera quadrinotata SCHENKLING , 1900
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Priocera quadrinotata SCHENKLING, 1900 ( Figs 71 View Figs 70-78 , 98 View Figs 98 , 161)

Priocera quadrinotata SCHENKLING, 1900: 386 .

LECTOTYPE: ♂. Jatahy , Prov. Goyas, Bresil, Sept. á Nov. 97 (Goias, Jatai, Brazil) ( SDEI) . Paralectotypes: 5 specimens. Brazil: Estado do Goias, Jatai ,?-IX-XI-1897 ( FMNH, 1) ; Jatai, Donelier ( SDEI, 2) ; Jatai, Sept.á Nov.97 ( BMNH, 1; SDEI,1). CORPORAAL 1950:100. Schenkling did not select a holotype, therefore, I invoke Recommendation 73F of the ICZN (1999) and designate a lectotype for this nominal species .

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d ( Fig.98 View Figs 98 ): Inadditiontothetypes, I examined 31 specimens from: Brazil: Estado do Minas Gerais, Pedra Azul ,?- XI-1971, Oliveira ; Estado do Mato Grosso, Rio Caraguata ,?- XII- 1950, 400 m, F. Plaumann ; Corumba , no other information ; Diamantino, Fazenda Rio Arinos ,?- IX-1983, Eurides Furtado ; idem,?- X-1983, Eurides Furtado ; Villa Vera ,?- I-1973, M. Alvarenga ; Estado do Bahia, Chapada , no other information ; Nova Conquista ,?- XII-1969, F. M. Oliveira ; Estado do Pará, Jacareacanga ,?- VI-1969, F. R. Barber ; Serra Norte, Mah Games , 18-21-IX-1985, 2 m, J. Dias ; Estado do Goias, Goias, Rio Verde ,?-?- 1908, G. A. Baer ; Jatai, collection date and collector not noted; Estado do Rio de Janeiro,?-XII-?, collector not noted. Specimens are deposited in: AMNH, BMNH, CASC, CMNC, CMNH, EMEC, FMNH, MNHN, SDEI, and WOPC .

D i a g n o s i s: Forebody black, except pronotal collar castaneous; antennae, pterothorax, and abdomen castaneous; elytra tricolored, each elytron with 4 yellow markings, two near the middle, one near base, one near apex, apical yellow marking does not touch epipleural or sutural margins; basal 1/2 of disc castaneous, disc mostly black in posterior 1/2.

R e d e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 8.0 mm; width 1.8 mm. Form: As in Fig. 161. Head: Frons about as long as antennal pedicel; EW/FW 40/10. Thorax: Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescenses, slight fissure at middle (PW/PL 85/120); elytral disc sculptured with striate, asetiferous punctures in basal 1/2, elytral apex narrowly rounded (EL/EW 340/70); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Pygidium emarginate along distal margin; phallobasic loop longer than phallobase; aedeagus as in Fig. 71. View Figs 70-78

V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 6.0-9.0 mm; width 1.5-2.0 mm. Other than body size, the available specimens are quite homogeneous.

N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected during January, September, October, November, and December, at altitudes that range from 2 to 400 m.

FMNH

Field Museum of Natural History

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

CMNH

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

EMEC

Essig Museum of Entomology

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cleridae

Genus

Priocera

Loc

Priocera quadrinotata SCHENKLING , 1900

Opitz, Weston 2021
2021
Loc

Priocera quadrinotata

SCHENKLING S 1900: 386
1900
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